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Year End
The Best New Spirits We Drank in 2019
After tasting over 300 new bottles, these 16 are worth pride of place in your home bar
It is an era of abundance for the liquor lover. And this year, in particular, exemplifies that excess.
Whether you prefer your spirits neat, on the rocks, or in cocktail form; brown, burgundy, or clear; costing less than a decent hamburger or more than the latest iPhone, 2019 brought with it plenty of products to suit your home bar. IWSR Drinks Market Analysis forecasts that the volume of high-end spirits ($30 or more per bottle) in the U.S. will grow to more than 30 million cases by 2023, an almost 30% increase from 2018, with an expected value of $16.3 billion.